Car-fender.



No. 850,474. PATENTBD APR.16.190'7 I. R. GUILFORD.

OAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILIB, 1907.

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No.850.474.' f I PATENTEDAPR.16,1907.

- I. R. GUILPORDI,

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION 1 mm 3111.18, 1907.

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' horizontal fender 6 is supported by frame 7, 35

useful Improvements in Car Fenders, of

downward toward the front and has side cas mounted TTTFTTE STATES PATENTQFFTCE.

IVERD 1a. 'GUILFORD, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed January 18,1907.Serial No. 352.852.

flexible endless belt 12 rotates on these spools. Within the casing 6 isplaced aseries of-sharp-tooth pulleys 13, which keep the belt 12 frommoving transversely.

' Adjustably mounted above the bifurcated frame 5 is an auxiliary fender14: The frame of this fender is constructed oftwo semicircular resilientarms 15. A series of revoluble rollers 16 are transversely mountedthereon, and a series of vertical rollers 17 is revolublymountedtherein. The upper parts of arms 15 are rigidly held together bycrosspiece 18, which carries bolts 19, projecting through rigid hangers20. Compressionsprings 21 are placed on bolts 19 to keep the cross-piece18 in contact with the hangers 20.

Projecting above the inclined fender 6 are side fenders 22. The uppercasing 22 is pivotally supported by means of bracket 23, fastened to thefront frame of the car. A vertical driving shaft 24 projects downthrough the upper casing and through brackets 23 and is held in place ina stepped bearing on the lower casing 22 and is rotatably held above thebearing by bracket 34, rigidly fastened to arm 5. riving-gear 25 is rig-The car 1 is of usual construction and has idly mounted on shaft 24, andat the other Wheels 2, which run upon the surface track 1 end abevel-gear 26 intermeshes with an idler 3. Immediately under thecar-floor frame 1 27, which idler meshes with a bevel-gear 28, is atransverse beam 4, towhich is rigidly j mounted on a shaft 77,projecting through attached a bifurcated frame 5, having side the uppercasing 22. Rigidly fastened to vertical arms 5 and extension 5', inwhich 1 shaft 77 is a frusto-cone pulley 29. The is mounted the drivingmechanism. The lower end of said shaft is mounted in the lower casing 22-A flexible endless belt 30 rotates on conepulleys 29 31, and an idler32 intervenes to keep the belt'taut. Pulleys 29 31 and idler 32 have atthe top and bottom sharpwith tooth pulleys 33. These teeth are short andenter the material of the belt and kee Pulley 31 revolve on the shafts.

No. 850,474. Patented April 16, 19071 To all whom it may concern. I Beit known that I, IVERD R. GUrLronD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los l Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and i State ofCalifornia, have inventednew and which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to street-car fenders and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide reliable and efficient means to savehuman life; and another object thereof is to protect persons from beingseriously injured or maimed, conveying them up the inclined fender bythe rotating belt and delivering them upon an auxiliary fender withoutharm.- I accomplish this object by the mechanism described herein andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of a car and my improved fender. Fig. 2 isa sectional elevation, looking toward the J front of the car, on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the fender, partly in section, with thecar removed. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the vertical buffer with thevarious mechanism removed.

pivotally mounted on extension 5 Frame 7 is composedof converging armsrigidly fastened to the under side casing 6 of the hori zontal fender 6.

The pivot-bearing 7 is integral with the frame 7 and is provided an arm7 as shown in Fig. 2, and a connecting-lever 7, attached to the frontframe of the same from slipping sidewise. the car-truck 8. l/Vhen thewheels of the car and idler 32 loosely strike a curve in the track,connecting-lever f Near the'front of the casing 22 and pro.- 7 draws onarm 7 thereby partially turning j ecting from the side is a slotted lug22. A pivot-bearing 7 i, which causes the front end similar lug 6projects from the inclined fenof the horizontal fender to move over tothe der-casing 6. A bolt 35 holds these lugs 6 center of the track. and22 in slidable connection. In case the v The horizontal fender 6 isslightly inclined car is taking a curve the inclined fender 6 willconform to the track curvature. The side fenders 22Willalso swing fromthe brackets 23 and 34, and the bolt 35 will take up the swaying motionby moving up or down in the slots 6 and 22 of the lugs6 and 22.

A revoluble roller ings 6, supported by the frame 7, and has a series ofrigidly-1nounted curving shafts 9,

in the side of the casing 6. A series .of revoluble spools 10,-spacedapart by J sleeves 11,' are mounted on shafts 9, and a .moves the innerside of. the flexible belt 30 the pulleys 29 and shaft 24 and is mountedGear 48 on a bracket 37, attached to the lower casing 1 22 The upper endof the roller 36 is rotatably mounted in the frame of the upper casing22 of the side fenders 22. This roller acts as a buffer and a protectorfor shaft 24. At the front end of the car, interposed between the sidefenders 22, is a vertical buffer 1 38 secured to the car by brackets 39.As plainly seenin Fig. 4, this buffer is constructed of a rigid frame 40with a series of revoluble rollers 41. A space is left in the center forthe headlight 42. In case the The object of the long faces on gears 25,headlight is not in use a frame composed of 25 and 61 is to keep theteeth in mesh in small rollers (not shown) could be inserted in l casethe car is ascending or descending a hill. this space. l In ascending ahill rollers 76, mounted in a In the rear of the floor-beam 4 (see Figs.1 bracket at the ends of the outer converging and 3) is a motor 43,energized from the cararms of the frame 7, will engage the tread ofcurrent and controlled by a switch. (Not the surface tracks, lifting thebearing 7 a upshown.) The motor has a driving-gear, 44 wardly throughthe extension 5 which will meshing with a driven fly-wheel gear 45 of llift the inclined fender 6 and right and left heavy construction forcounterbalaneing ef l side fenders 22 and the various respective fect.Gear 45 is rigidly mounted on shaft rotating mechanisms. 46. At each endof this shaft are bevel- The endless belts 12, 80, and 30 could be gears47 and 48. Bevel-gear 47 meshes with preferably made of arough orcorrugated surgear 49, mounted on shaft 50. At the other face on theirouter sides. A coupler-bar 78 end of the shaft is bevel-gear 51, whichenis attached to the floor-beam 4, so that when gages gear 52. (See Fig.2.) Integral with l the fender is removed the car may be coupled thisgear is a flat-face gear 53, mounted on with another car. bracket 54.Gear 53 meshes with the driv- The source of current energizing the motorg mechanism of the side fender 22 on the is independent of thecar-controller, and in in left through long-face gear 25*, thereby rocase a person should be on the track and the motorman should not be ableto stop the car tating shaft 24*, bevel-gear 26*, intermeshing idler 27bevel-gear 28, and cone-pulley before reaching I him the inclined fenderwould strike him. The front edge of the 29 The rotation of thecone-pulley 29 fender being curved inwardly toward the car the personwould be thrown toward the center of the fender if he should be struckby either side. The endless belt of the inclined fender would then carrythe person up and deposit him on the auxiliary fender, where he would besafe.

Having described my invention, claim is- 1. In a streetcar fender, abifurcated frame; a horizontal fender pivotally secured therein; aseries of curving shafts rigidly mounted in the sides of the casings, aseries of revoluble spools mounted thereon and a flexible belt rotatingon the periphery of said spools, and means for rotating said belt.

2. In a street-car fender; a horizontal fender pivotally supported; aseries of spools revolubly mounted on a series of rigid curving shafts;a belt on said spools; means for rotating the belt; and means forcausing the rotating the inclined shaft 66, mounted in a fender tofollow the curvature of the surface bearing on the inner converging armof the track, without disengaging the rotative frame 7. At the other endof the shaft a l mechanism. driving-gear 67 meshes with a driven bevel-In a street-car fender, the combination gear 68, which rotates thesharptooth pulley of an inclined fender pivotally supported; a 69 andrevolves the belt 12 in the direction belt rotating on a series ofspools revolubly of the arrow in Fig. 2. mounted on rigid curving shaftson said in- The bevel-gear 48 is the clinedfender; vertical side fenderspivotally the right-side fender 22 of Fig. meshes with a bevel-gear 7 0,shaft 71, which last shaft is brackets 72 under the floor of the car.Shaft 71 has a bevel-gear 7 3, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) engaging abevel-gear 74, integral with a flat-face gear 75, mounted on the bracket72. Gear meshes with the driving mechanism of the fiat-face gear 25,mounted on shaft 24, rotating gears 26 27 28 and cone-pulleys 29 and 31,thereby revolving the endless belt 30 at its inner side toward the frontof the car.

toward the front of the car. Belt 30 rotates on cone-pulleys 29 31 andidler 32*, which keeps the central portions of the belt from engaging incase there is too much slack. On shaft 55 are rigidly mounted gears 5253. This last shaft projects down through bracket 54 (see Fig. 2) andhas a bevel-gear 56 mounted thereon, which gear meshes with gear 57,mounted on shaft 58. On the other end of shaft 58 is gear 59. Abevel-gear 60, integral with long-face gear 61, is mounted on a bracketof the bifurcated frame eX- tension 5 and meshes with bevel-gear 59. Thepivot-bearing 7 of the inclined fenderframe 7 has a shaft 62 projectingthrough it on which is mounted gear 63 at the lowest side of saidhearing, which gear meshes with the long-face gear 61, and at the higherside i of said bearing on shaft 62 is mounted bevelwhat I gear 64. Thegear 64 meshes with gear 65,

driving source of l mounted on mounted in secured to the car andslidably mounted on In witness that I claim the foregoing I the inclinedfender; a series of vertical frustohave hereunto subscribed my name this10th Io cone pulleys on said vertical side fenders; day of January,1907.

belts rotating on said pulleys; means for r0- tating the belts on saidinclined and vertical IVERD GUILFORD' fenders in unison; and means forturning the Witnesses: inclined fender and the vertical side fenders, G.E. HARPHAM,

to follow the curvature of the track. F. A. MANsFIELD.

